we see it in pears and row crops. and some of the other economic stressors for the first time in my lifetime i have seen farmers in bread lines in the central valley. and you add to this your i-9 audits which send a chilling effect over the rest of agriculture, respectfully i do not agree with the ranking member. i think we're destroying agriculture because like it or not, agriculture depends on a nondomestic work force to the greatest extent. virtually all of the big ag states do. and i think we have to recognize it. and so i have been increasingly concerned by the inability to move any legislation that would give some protections to workers who are committed to work agriculture for a period of years. and that, namely, is ag jobs. h2a will not do it. if you're 24/7, h2a 365 days a year will not do it. and i am increasingly concerned by what's happening. and, of course, the product of this is that we import more food produce from outside our country. and, therefore, there's more salmonella concerns as there were with